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CRITICAL LOADS APPROACH [1 record]

Record 1 2001-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
OBS

critical load : a quantitative estimate of an exposure to one or more pollutants below which significant harmful effects on specified sensitive elements of the environment do not occur according to present knowledge (Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Nitrogen Oxides).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
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